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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Thus, when the votes are all tallied a week or so from now, chances are that the resulting council will be similar to the present one. That in turn bodes well for the future of City Manager James L. Sullivan. Though the two retiring councilors were part of the coalition which hired Sullivan, the manager seems to feel that he can gain the support of a majority of the new council, and he is a man sensitive to the way the political wind is blowing in the City. For the first time since 1963, then, the council elections...

Author: By William R. Galeota, | Title: Cambridge Council Race | 11/3/1969 | See Source »

...courtesy of the emerging technical elite, that body to whom John Kenneth Galbraith has sometimes looked for the country's general salvation. They aren't yet numerous enough to carry a two-way election-even in so managerial a town as New York-but against split opposition they could well turn the trick...

Author: By James Lardner, | Title: John Lindsay at the Crossroads | 11/3/1969 | See Source »

...there is reason to believe the critical plays have been made in the newspapers and on TV news shows largely beyond the realm of Lindsay's several thousand active volunteers. The door-to-door canvassing effort, for example, will probably reach a maxi-much of about 90,000 voters, well short of half its original objective. Community service projects, launched with considerable hooplah, have barely been heard of since. The voter registration drive was not very effective, and the black vote, heavily for Lindsay, will probably not be very heavy as a whole. Perhaps no conventional political campaign-with slogans...

Author: By James Lardner, | Title: John Lindsay at the Crossroads | 11/3/1969 | See Source »

...task. I think Dartmouth will have to show a little better passing attack than it did against Harvard, and if it does, the Elis could really get stung. But they're playing in the Yale Bowl, where, according to Bob Blackman. Yale has an automatic two-touchdown advantage. Oh well, the Bulldogs have played nothing but patsies and pussyfooters, so that makes it Dartmouth...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Soaking Up the Bennies | 11/1/1969 | See Source »

...this knowledge that ties Warhol's film to the others playing with it. In each the well-made formula film breaks down under the changed situation of individuals in modern society. Each film builds from a different genre and testifies to a different sort of personal change...

Author: By Mike Prokosch, | Title: The Moviegoer Lonesome Cowboys at the Orson Wells Cinema through Tuesday | 11/1/1969 | See Source »

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